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Nov 18, 2008
Fully Visual x Vinyl Pulse Photo Contest Extended Til 12.2.08
So it pains us (not quite, but sort of!) that due to our overlooking key details in setting up the photo gallery for the Fully Visual x Vinyl Pulse Photo contest, no one was able to upload submissions… a small problem ;-) So you know what that means… deadline extension til Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 @ 8 PM PST. This will be the final extension – lest we be known as the home of the never-ending photo contests. So go get shooting – the winner takes home a Luke Chueh Shit Head metal figure from Vinyl Pulse. Submit your masterpiece here.
To clarify the theme is Fully Visual and/or Vinyl Pulse – basically come up with a picture that represents either literally or more subtly either or both brands. Put another way, submit a picture that would make sense with a caption of “Fully Visual” or “Vinyl Pulse” (no, don’t actually caption your pic).
And… to up the ante we’ll let it slip that we have more than one figure to give away. That’s all we’re saying about that.
Photo Contest Rules
1. To enter write take a creative photo that represents Fully Visual and/or Vinyl Pulse. Upload it to the special photo contest gallery.
2. Deadline to enter is December 2nd @ 8 PM PST.
3. The winner(s) as selected by Fully Visual will receive a metal Shit Head figure by Luke Chueh.
4. Winner must respond to our notification within 72 hours.
Toy2R USA Introduces Qees @ Hot Topic
Toy2R’s newly formed USA division is actively working to spread Qees far and wide across the country. Recently they opened a pop up shop in Brooklyn and have just announced that large specialty retail chain Hot Topic will carry select Qee products in their stores as well as online @ hottopic.com. The initial section of production will include the 1.5” Metallic Zipper Pull Mini Qees, 2.5” Redrum Qee Bears, 2.5” DIY Blank Qees, and the Spider-Boom mini fig series by Sun-Min Kim.
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Wacko Toy Swap (11.22.08)
Wacko / Soap Plant continues their tradition with an upcoming Toy Swap (& sale) on Saturday November 22nd [12-3 PM] in their parking lot. Bring your duplicate and unwanted vinyl and trade ‘em with others for something you actually want. The event is free – refreshments will be served.
Wacko / Soap Plant
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Mark Nagata for Kaiju Monster Invasion (12.3)
If it wasn’t already, Art Basel in Miami is probably on your radar now. And if not, let’s make it clear that even if you’re not normally into gallery art – you need to pay attention if for no other reason than Kaiju Monster Invasion which opens on December 3rd @ Artcenter South Florida. Curated by Harold Golen of the Harold Golen Gallery, the show features custom figures + original artwork from top kaiju creators as well as lowbrow artists who are crossing over into the exciting genre.
Ok so that was a long intro to the real point of this post… Mark Nagata of Max Toy Co is dropping bombs for his contributions to the show. He’s got a custom Eyezon with base (completely with “floating” eyeballs) and two one-off Tripasus with a special Prisma coating for a very fine glitter effect. The tripasus in particular, look really sharp – can’t wait to see them in person.
Plus… Mark is working with sculptor / ceramics guru Miruzu on one-of-a-kind giant ceramic Eyezons. These are are monstrous at 20+” and come with their own special wooden boxes. Pics of everything after the jump.
Look for more Kaiju Monster Invasion previews right here shortly.
ArtCenter/South Florida
800 Lincoln Road (at Meridian Ave)
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Touma Exhibition @ mixi-bang!(11.29)
Touma’s headed back to Cali. The prolific Japanese artist will open his annual show @ mixi-bang! in Pasadena on Saturday, November 29th 2008 @ 7 PM. This year’s Touma x mixi-bang! Bone GID release features a brand new figure – Beak Falcon (above). As far as we know this is the first bird in the Knuckle family (Talons is part of the Headlock lineup which includes Snout, Slither, and Pooty).
Touma will also be bringing the recently released Red & White Guardian Knuckle Bears as well as an army of one-of-a-kind customs (MaoCat, Skuttle and KazuMouse). Not to be missed.
mixi-bang!
36 West Colorado Blvd. #5
Pasadena, CA 91105
626.507.8095
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Super7 – Mummy Boy @VTN (12.6)
The awesome folks of Super7 bring to you, their adorable mascot Mummy Boy!In a bright green body followed by some yellow spray S7 and Gargamel put will release this scary but cute, or should I say “so cute it’s scary” guy on both days of VTN. Be sure to check out all the other kaiju goodness S7 brings all the way from San Francisco.
Hello, Brute’s Jeffrey Release (11.20)
This Thursday Hello, Brute will be releasing an character in resin form, Jeffrey! Letter Pressed is in on this action as well, along with the purchase of this figure you receive a signed and numbered limited edition print of 50 of this wonderful new figure. Jeffrey is an edition of only 25 pieces, hand casted, hand painted, at a hefty 7 inches tall. Available through Hello, Brute’s Webstore on Thursday, November 20th @ 3:00 PM for only $75.00 (shipping not included). Jon Knox also hinted about how there may be a couple surprises in the shop as well, so keep your eyes open!
Disney's STITCH EXPERIMENT 626 PROJECT Custom Art Tour
Disney’s STITCH EXPERIMENT 626 PROJECT Custom Art Tour offers a new look at the popular character from the Lilo and Stitch hit movie through the eyes of some of today’s brightest artists, designers, and customizers. Presented and produced by MINDstyle, the tour will feature hand-customized, one-of-a-kind artist versions of a special DIY Blank Stitch Vinyl (8”) created expressly for this high profile event.
The impressive list of participating artists reads like a who’s who and includes Buff Monster, Secret Base, Tenga, Suiko, Cameron Tiede, Joe Simko, David Cooper, Pocket Full of Monsters, Anthony Clarkson, Camilla d'Errico, Scribe, Triclops, Reactor 88, Motorbot, Brent Nolasco, Chris Ryniak, Cris Rose, DEVILROBOTS, Mad Barbarians, Touma, Colorblok, Matias Vigliano of Doma, PeekABoo Monster, Hans Bacher, Christian Tamondong, Egg Fiasco, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Weewilldoodle, Mori Chack, CJ Metzger, Ron English, Miss Mindy and Mizna Wada are some of the other artists with must-see customs...
The tour kicks off on November 28th at the MINDstyle LIFEstyle creative space, 2nd Floor, DNM (Delay No Mall) in Hong Kong with a launch event co-presented by 3-Mix featuring 50+ submissions including pieces from some of Hong Kong’s most talented artists such as Winson Ma and Kenny Wong from Brothersfree, Ultraman, Toby HK, Jason Siu, Ephonso Lam as well as trend setting publications and brands including Milk Magazine, Touch Magazine, how2work, graphicairlines, ARR and more.
After the initial stop in HK, the tour will travel throughout ‘09 and culminate fittingly with a final stop in Hawaii, the setting for Lilo and Stitch. Additional custom Stitch figures will be added throughout the tour making it bigger and better with each passing stop.
Vinyl Pulse is proud to be the official media sponsor for this event. We’ll be bringing you the latest news and updates about the tour as they happen.
